Heartbreak for Botswana at Youth Olympics

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Hot on the heels of an abysmal performance from the bowling team, the Botswana squad to the inaugural Youth Olympics Games in Singapore has fared very poorly.

The games end today but by yesterday, the team had not won a medal and all five athletes had been knocked out. High jumper, Mmilili Dube was the first Motswana to bite the dust despite making it to the top 15.

The Africa Youth Games gold medalist was the continent's only remaining hope but failed to make it to the top eight and reach the final. He only cleared 2.04m and failed to surpass his personal best of 2.07m.

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